Part of The World Around Us Exploring the natural world Year 5 Year 6 Today, tourists visit the islands to see the dramatic landscapes - volcanoes, beautiful coastlines and coral reefs - as well as ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

This map shows the sea surface temperatures around the Galapagos Islands and Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean on March 18, 2007. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning ...

The Galápagos Islands are home to lots of different types of plants and animals. Today, tourists visit the islands to see the dramatic landscapes - volcanoes, beautiful coastlines and coral reefs - as ...

The ocean covers over 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface, yet we understand little about its geological structures. Less than 10 per cent of the ocean floor has been adequately mapped — leaving ...

The remote Galápagos Islands of the Pacific, about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, have no historic monuments, only a handful of human settlements and the barest smattering of amenities such as ...